The Lincoln Theological Institute for the Study of Religion and Society, simply known as the Lincoln Theological Institute, is a research centre at the

University of Manchester , mottoeng = Knowledge, Wisdom, Humanity , established = 2004 – University of Manchester Predecessor institutions: 1956 – UMIST (as university college; university 1994) 1904 – Victoria University of Manchester 1880 – Victoria Univer ...

, UK. Established in 1997, its research focuses on theology, faith and society.

History

Founded in 1997 as the successor body to

Lincoln Theological College Lincoln Theological College was a theological college in Lincoln, United Kingdom. History Founded by Edward White Benson, when he was Chancellor of Lincoln Cathedral, the college opened on 25 January 1874. It was also known as ''Scholae Cancella ...

, the Lincoln Theological Institute was initially located at the

University of Sheffield , mottoeng = To discover the causes of things , established = – University of SheffieldPredecessor institutions: – Sheffield Medical School – Firth College – Sheffield Technical School – University College of Sheffield , type = Pu ...

. In 2003, the Lincoln Theological Institute moved to the Department of Religions and Theology at the

. The Institute's first director, appointed in 1997, was

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. He left in 2004 to become Principal at

Ripon College Cuddesdon Ripon College Cuddesdon is a Church of England theological college in Cuddesdon, a village outside Oxford, England. The College trains men and women for ministry in the Church of England: stipendiary, non-stipendiary, local ordained and lay min ...

. He was succeeded in 2005 by Peter Manley Scott, who joined from the

University of Gloucestershire , mottoeng = In Spirit and Truth , established = , type = Public , endowment = £2.4 m (2015) , chancellor = Rennie Fritchie, Baroness Fritchie , vice_chancellor ...

. The Lincoln Theological Institute charity (chaired by Rt Revd

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), funds the research activities of the Institute. It owns

Chad Varah Edward Chad Varah (12 November 1911 – 8 November 2007) was a British Anglican priest and social activist from England. In 1953, he founded the Samaritans, the world's first crisis hotline, to provide telephone support to those contemplati ...

House on Drury Lane, Lincoln, the building occupied by

until it closed in 1995.

Staff

, director, 1997-2004 * Peter Manley Scott, director, 2005–present * Ian Jones, 2000-2007 * Stefan Skrimshire, 2007-2010Stefan Skrimshire's University of Leeds staff profile
/ref> * Susannah Cornwall, 2011-2013 The Lincoln Theological Institute also has a number of affiliated honorary research fellows and doctoral students.

Research projects

The Lincoln Theological Institute's research has taken place across a number of projects focusing on themes including place, location, habitation and ecology; global threats and powers; religion and civil society; technology, limits and transformation; power and institutions (including the Church); liberation, political, ecological and public theologies; and culture - including religious cultures - and sources of hope. Major projects have included: * Women and Ordination * Hospital Chaplaincy * Divinity After Empire * Future Ethics: Climate Change, Political Action and the Future of the Human * Remoralizing Britain * Belonging and Heimat * Systematic Theology for a Changing Climate * The Common Good * A Shaking of the Foundations? Reconsidering Civil Society * Intersex, Identity, Disability: Issues for Public Policy, Healthcare and the Church

Publications

* ''Hospital Chaplaincy: Modern, Dependable?'', Helen Orchard, Sheffield Academic Press, 2000 * ''Women and Priesthood in the Church of England: Ten Years On'', Ian Jones, Church House Publishing, 2004 * ''Women and Ordination in the Christian Churches: International Perspectives'', Ian Jones, Janet Wootton and Kirsty Thorpe (eds.), T&T Clark, 2008 * ''Remoralizing Britain'', Peter Scott, Chris Baker and Elaine Graham (eds.), Continuum, 2009 * ''Future Ethics: Climate Change and Apocalyptic Imagination'', Stefan Skrimshire (ed.), Continuum, 2010 * ''Beyond the Tipping Point?'' (documentary), dir. Stefan Skrimshire, 2010 * ''Decolonizing the Body of Christ: Theology and Theory After Empire?'', David Joy and Joseph Duggan (eds.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2012 * ''At Home in the Future: Place and Belonging in a Changing Europe'', John Rodwell and Peter Scott (eds.), LIT Verlag, 2013 * ''Systematic Theology and Climate Change'', Peter Scott and Michael Northcott (eds.), Routledge, 2014 * ''Intersex, Theology and the Bible: Troubling Bodies in Church, Text and Society'', Susannah Cornwall (ed.), Palgrave Macmillan, 2015

References

External links

Lincoln Theological Institute website
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